Improved qttilting-frame and clothes-drier



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MOSES SIMPKINS, OF EAST FLORENCE, NEW YORK.

.l Letters Patent No. 86,254, dated Janna/ry 26, 1869.

vIMPRO'VIElD QUILTINGr-FRAME AND CLOTHES-DRIER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it 'may conce/rn:

Be itknown that I, M osns S13/micras, of East Florence, in the county of Oneida, and State of New York, have invented anew and improved Combined Quilting Frame and Clothes-Blier; and l do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereol", which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being,T had to the accompanying drawings, forming part oi' this speoiiifation.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of quilting-trames which are provided with expansion-arms, that are pivoted to stationary supports in such a manner that they can be swung np it' desired, to econoinize rooni, or to convertthe apparatus into a clothes-drier; and

lt consists in the combination of the supporting-pins with the slotted ar1ns,thc supports, and the cross-heads upon the supports, for thc purpose oi' holdingthe arnls more iirlnly in horizontal or inclined positions.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved quilting-traine, showing the arms in a horizontal position.

Figure 2 is a side elevation with one side turned up.

Figure 3 is a side elevatioilof the frame when couvcrted into a clothes-drier.

Figure 4 is a plan or top view of the same.

'Figure 5 is a detail transverse section of a modification of thesame.

Figure 6 is a detail side view of the mmliiication.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several ligures.

A, in the drawing, represents two upright posts or supports, connect-cd by suitable braces.

The upper part of cach post is provided with a crosshead, a, ofvsnitaliile construction, and through the upper part of eac-h post is fitted a horizontal clampingscrew or pin, l, which forms the pivot for the two arms These arms are slotted to slide upon the screw l), and are connected at their outer ends by rollers or -bars O C, which serve to hold the fabric to be quilted lhoy may be provided with hooks or pins to hold the fabric, as shown.

On the upper edges of the, arms B formed eleatcd rails c, -which serve to hold the sides of the fabric, and still. allow the sliding of the same.

Instead oi" the rails, hooks, f, may be employed for holding the fabric.

The roller C should be provided with ratchets and pawls, as shown in iig. 5, by which they may be prevented from nnwinding slmntaneously, and for rolling` up the quilted portion of the quilt.

When it is desired to hold the arms in a horizontal position, or to turn them i1`p, as shown in iigs. 2 and 3, to forni :t clothes-drier, the screws b are loosened, and after the arlns have been moved to the proper position, they are again screwed up tightly.

lt ,has been found, however, that these screws do not possess sullicicnt strength to overcome the leverage of the long arm, and to obviate this diiiculty, I have provided the cross-heads a, with a series of holes, as shown in iigs. l and 2, and at g, in iig. 5, to receive adjustable pins d, upon which the arms rest when in position.

By this means the arms are prevented from falling by their own weight, and the device rendered strong and effective.

Having thus described lny invention,

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent,

The pins d, in combination with the perforated crossheads, a, supports A, and slotted adjustable armsB, for the purpose of holding-said arms in any desired position, as herein shown and described.

The above specification of my invention signed by Ine, this 30th day of' October, 1868.

MOSES SIMPKINS.

Witnesses A. V. Brunson, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

